Painful finish as De Minaur reaches first Wimbledon quarter-final / Photo: Glyn KIRK - AFP
-
Hungary cuts anti-LGBTQ legislation from Orban-era law
-
Hypersonic weapons highlight arms race on the Korean peninsula
-
'Our future is being robbed': Greta Thunberg joins France student protests
-
Fiji appoint ex-Springboks boss White as coach ahead of World Cup
-
Late superstar Anita Mui's ashes missing in Hong Kong
-
Hungary to reverse Orban-era anti-LGBTQ legislation
-
'No choice': IMF says developing countries must cut spending despite war shock
-
Allen rushes Bills to thrilling 37-34 win over Rams
-
Boasting South Korea footballers spark rethink of military service exemptions
-
India youth shift tactics as police clamp down on election protest
-
Five dead as Hurricane Simon, Rachel pummel Mexico's Pacific coast
-
Malaysia's Firefly extends flight cancellations due to haze
-
Seoul, Tokyo stocks plunge as Asia suffers fresh tech rout
-
IMF upgrades 2026 growth forecast but warns of 'split' outlook
-
Damaged and drained, Indonesia's peatlands go up in smoke
-
Infantino could pull off 'Houdini' act as critics struggle for candidate
-
Dominant Australia wary of Pacific threat at Rugby League World Cup
-
France braces for fresh nationwide student demonstrations
-
Pope to be admitted to hospital for lung operation
-
Ahead of Israel vote, desert town becomes frontline against ultra-Orthodox expansion
-
Samoa's McFarland welcomes 'massive' arrival of ex-All Blacks for World Cup run-in
-
El Nino Watch: the impacts around the world this week
-
Brewers beat Dodgers 7-4 to extend MLB playoff lead
-
Man City, PSG clash at contrasting time for state-backed projects
-
Teenager shoots headmaster, teacher at French school
-
BioChromato Supports U.S. Market Expansion with Bioz Badges and Globally Published Research
-
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Announces Transaction in Own Shares - October 13
-
Caledonia Files NI 43-101 Technical Reports on SEDAR+ Supporting August 28, 2026 Mineral Resource Announcements
-
Akkodis Brings Multilingual Intelligence to Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team races
-
Melbourne imam denies links to suspected flydubai hijacker
-
'Breaking Bad' actor RJ Mitte dead: representatives
-
Coventry crush Newcastle to climb out of relegation zone
-
Former DR Congo president Kabila forms new force with M23 armed group
-
'Devastating' waves leave California beach homes on brink of collapse
-
Tom Cruise's 'Digger' tanks, leaving studio with $250 mn hole
-
Meta says its new AI models on par with OpenAI, Anthropic
-
US actress Selma Blair arrested after flight altercation
-
Talarico rejects mental health conspiracy theory after return from flu
-
One dead as Hurricane Simon creeps along Mexico's Pacific coast
-
Brazil presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to visit jailed father
-
Carrick's Man United 'hungry and eager' to fix worst start in decades
-
Brazil's patron saint reappears in polarized election campaign
-
Fury as US federal agents search anti-Trump lawmaker's home
-
US Open champ Zverev to become tennis world number one
-
One goal enough for Flick as Barca enter Galatasaray cauldron
-
Migrant crisis wounds unhealed in Ceuta as Spanish royals visit
-
A7 to unveil a service that will re-invent the international payments market
-
Brazilian judge allows Flavio Bolsonaro to visit jailed father
-
'Status quo' with EU 'not good enough', UK PM says as summit date set
-
France braces for fresh student demonstrations as Macron calls for 'respect'
Painful finish as De Minaur reaches first Wimbledon quarter-final
Australia's Alex de Minaur reached his first Wimbledon quarter-final on Monday with a four-set win over Arthur Fils of France although he ended the match grimacing with pain.
World number nine De Minaur won 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 and will face Novak Djokovic for a place in the semi-finals if the seven-time champion defeats Holger Rune later Monday.
De Minaur appeared to roll his ankle as he played the winning shot on Court One and walked gingerly back to his courtside chair.
As he sat down, he shook his head towards his box, where 2002 Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt, a fellow Australian, and tennis-playing girlfriend Katie Boulter looked on.
"I'll be all right," De Minaur said in his on-court interview.
"I'm super-proud to play in front of you guys. I had a few problems getting over the finish line and made it harder than it should have been."
World number 34 Fils, playing in the fourth round of a Slam for the first time, was undone by 66 unforced errors.
De Minaur has defeated both Djokovic and Rune in his career.
He got the better of the 24-time Grand Slam title winner at the United Cup in Australia this year while seeing off Rune twice in 2023, including on grass at Queen's Club.
"I'll try my best and play my heart out," said De Minaur, who is a force to be reckoned with on grass having clinched the 's-Hertogenbosch title in the Netherlands last month.
Y.Nakamura--AMWN
